A 20 Yr Old Woman’s Response to “Ripe”-Aging Out Loud
I created an eBook called “Ripe” with 12 images of myself on aging with grace, authenticity and aliveness. The book was mainly created for my own self-healing and to share with just some of the men and women in my life. I always knew it was not going out for public view, because I had a bigger vision of creating another book including many more women with many more stories including my own.
I sent the eBook to a young friend of mine in her 20’s who lives in Montreal, and here is her response which I felt important to share and asked her if I could do so. I asked her how she feels about her body.
“I think my relationship with my body is similar to that of 99% of the rest of the women in the Western world- it’s a love/hate relationship.
But from personal experience..
I think that the more one emphasizes importance on the soul, the more one realizes that the body isn’t something that should be scrutinized and objectified. If a person sees themselves in terms of being a soul, than they will cherish, respect and nurture the body – as a vessel to the soul.
Seeing yourself as a soul demands upon a high level of self-esteem and is a notion that goes against the American perception of self. I think that’s the reason why women in America are so unhappy because of all the images they are bombarded with, that demand them to see themselves as a body, rather than a soul (with skills, potential and abilities)- this is definitely a concept that we can applaud the Feminists of the 60s for bringing fourth (mind you, this idea is a basic notion in the Jewish tradition). ”
This response was quite unusual to me coming from a young woman in her 20’s, but was so gratifying that she has such an awareness at such a young age. Thank you dear Joelle for sharing your wisdom.
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